DOA CYA

Friday the State Department of Administration announced that it was canceling the third phase of the controversial Silver Oak Solutions contract because DOA officials did not think future savings projections would be realized.

The decision comes just two days after DOA Executive Assistant Sean Dilweg appeared before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Wednesday the committee approved an audit of several ongoing IT projects including the ACE initiative state sever consolidation project. During the meeting, Senator Rob Cowles suggested that a complete audit of the Doyle Administration's ACE initiative might be appropriate in the future.

Is Doyle is trying to avoid a full audit of his ACE imitative by pulling the plug on Silver Oaks now. And if so, what is he trying to hide?